compound probability (short)

A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 4 red marbles, and 3 orange marbles. Mrs. Cox picks one without looking, replaces it and picks another one. What is the probability that she picks two that are not orange? 

• 9/16
• 3/4
• 9/144
• 5/16

You have a bag of 17 marbles.  Four are blue, 6 are green, 2 are red, and the others are yellow.  What is the probability of drawing a green marble, putting it aside, and then drawing another green marble?

• 15/136
• 30/289
• Other

A number cube is rolled twice. What is the probability of getting a 6 on the first roll, then a number less than 5 on the second roll? 

• 2/3
• 5/36
• 1/9
• 1/36

Ricardo has the spinner pictured here and a bag of marbles filled with 2 red marbles, 3 green marbles, and 3 blue marbles. What is the probability that Ricardo spins red on the spinner and picks a red marble out of the bag?

• 1 ⁄ 16
• 1 ⁄ 2
• 1 ⁄ 4
• 1 ⁄ 8

Lucy has the spinner pictured and spins it twice in a row. What is the probability that she lands on blue first and then on yellow or green?

• 1 / 16
• 1 ⁄ 6
• 1 ⁄ 8
• 3 ⁄ 4

A coin and a number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 are tossed. What is the probability of the coin showing tails and the number cube showing the number 3? 

• 1/12
• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/2

What is the probability of the arrow stopping on “X” on the first spin and “F” on the second spin?

• 5/6
• 1/36
• 1/3
• 1/6

How do you find compound probability?

• Multiply your probabilities
• Add your probabilities
• Divide your probabilities
• Subtract your probabilities